Mattress



I Dec. 1, 1931. D, MlCON 1,834,546

MATTRESS Filed Jan. 2, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet l Dec. 1, 1931. D MICQN 1,834,546

' MATTRES S Filed Jan. 2,'1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 TI I a a1 my? fm y Q74- Patented Dec. 1, 1931 UNITED STATES DAVID MICON, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCON'SIN MATTRESS Application led January l2, 1926. SerialNo. 78,787.

'My invention relates to mattresses and particularly to improvements in mattresses Which'are provided with a series of spring m pads both below and above each of said units units having pads disposed at bot-h sides of the same and the entire arrangement inclosed in a tick so as to form a single mattress.

One of the principal objects of my invention is to provide a mattress which is built up of a series of spring units having separate and the whole inclosed in a tick having separate compartments for housing each of said spring units and its pads, and which can be opened'at will so as to remove any or all of the spring units and Vpads which can then be separately cleaned or packed for shipment.

A further object of my invention is to provide a spring mattress comprising removable spring sections and pads collectively inclosed in a single tick and which, when placed in position and closed, will provide a mattress of any desired shape'and size having all the uniformity of the single piece mattress, the durability and resiliency of the same, and one which will not show any signs kof a break or joint, such as is commonly inherent inthe collapsible mattress manufactured in the present day.

The mattress so formed in my present invention will also have the advantage of being provided with the rolled edge such/'as shown and described in my United States Letters Patent #1,4283 97, granted September 12, 1922.

For the purpose of facilitating an understanding of my invention I have illustrated on the accompanyingdrawings approved embodiments thereof, from an inspection of which, when considered in connection with the following description, the principlesof my invention and many of its inherent advantages should be readily understood and appreciated.

Referring to the drawings Fig. `1 is a, top plan View of my improved mattress with a portion kof the outer tick torn away,

Fig. 2 is an end view of the same, likewise having a portion of this tick torn away to show the construction of the interior dividing wall between the sections,

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 4 is a similar view showing one of the compartments of the tick opened and the spring section and accompanying pads removed therefrom.

Like symbols of reference herein indicate like partsin each of the figures of the drawings.

' As illustrated in the drawings, my improved mattress is shown with three separate compartments which I have designated by the characteristics A, B, and C, and while I have shown but three sections in the drawings, I do not limit myself to any number, as the construction will depend upon the circumstances of each individual case and the requirements of the user. Each of said compartments is provided with a spring unit 7 in which helical springs, forming the spring unit, are each covered individually with cloth or other material and are also bound to one another and, if necessary, roped or wired `so as to form a unit which is easy to handle.

The tick for covering these units and forming thesecompartments is designated 8, and preferably consists of a single layer of fabric. The compartment A is formed by the side walls 9 which are provided with suitable fastening devices such as clasps or snaps 10 which are located at suitable intervals throughout the length of the same, and its inner wall 11 is formed by two correspondsaid spring unit, one or more suitable strips of material 5 and 6, which are preferably of the same material as that' of which the tick is composed,or may be composed of tape or other fabric, are securely fixed to the tick at the points 15 and 16, or may be continuous i and extend beyond these points and across the mattress as shown .in Fig. 1. These lstrips are adapted to pass over and around any convenient point along the front or rear end of the mattress construction so as to allow for the removal of anyv spring unit without interfering with the opposing units or compartments. Or the spring unit and its pads contained in the compartment B may be removed therefrom through the opening caused by the disengagement of the fastening devicesky or snaps l2, thus collapsing the partition or wall 11 or any other wall forming an intermediary compartment. The compartment C is made exactly the same as the compartment A and has an end wall 17 with the clasps 18 and the strips 19 with the clasps 20, and the spring unit,.7 and pads 14 are placed within and'removed from this compartment C in precisely the same manner as they are in compartment A.

I do'not'limit myself, however, to `three compartments, as the requirements may demand that there be any number of'separate compartments whose partitions can be made the same as the partitions 11 with the fastening devices or snaps 12, 4so that the spring either method above explained.

The strips 5 and 6 may be entirely eliminated if desired, as shown in Fig. 2, so' that4 the snaps 10 on the tick will perform the full function of fastening devices and will hold the spring units and pads in position without the aid'of the strips 5 and 6. It will be at once apparent that this form of mattress can be very readily i taken apart, all the spring units andpads can be removed from the compartments of the tick and can be very ly of the principles of my invention, so that it will be obvious that many changes in the construction, manner of holding the sections 1. A mattress vcomprising a tick divided into a plurality of compartments, spring sections iln each compartment, pads each individually encased and independent of the `spring sections disposed in said compartments above and below said sections, and releasable meansfor closing each of the compartments to hold the pads and spring sections therein in position and removablyretained therein.

2. A mattress comprising a tick divided into a plurality of compartments, individually removable spring sections consisting of a plurality of helical springs disposed in the compartments, each of said springs being cloth-covered to form individual cylindrical spring cells, the cells in each compartment contacting with each other and being fastened together to form a single spring section, individually encased pads independent of the springs and disposed 'above and below each spring section and thus located with each section in each compartment, and means for releasably fastening each compartment to retain its section and pads therewithin.

In witness of the foregoing I aiiix my signature.

DAVID MICON..

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